This week’s Decisions section of Cal-OSHA Reporter features an unusual case related to elevator safety – the occupational kind. It involves Otis Elevator and a February 2020 incident during a repair operation on a Schindler 400 A machine-room-less elevator. The Division of Occupational Safety and Health cited the elevator manufacturer for repeat, serious, and general …
49 COR 40-9083 [¶23,411] INJURY AND ILLNESS PROTECTION PROGRAM – Title 8, California Code of Regulations, §3203(a)(4) and (a)(7) The proffered evidence showed Employer had procedures for identifying hazards and implemented them with respect to the work that gave rise to the accident. There was no evidence that Employer failed to provide adequate training its …
49 COR 40-9081 [¶23,408R] JURISDICTION – PETITION FOR RECONSIDERATION Title 8, California Code of Regulations, §6614(a) – The Appeals Board lacked jurisdiction to grant reconsideration over Employer’s untimely petition for reconsideration. Digest of COSHAB’s Denial of Petition for Reconsideration dated May 29, 2026, Inspection No. 1859532. Ed Lowry, Chair. Judith S. Freyman, Board Member. …
49 COR 40-9081 [¶23,409R] JURISDICTION – GOOD CAUSE Title 8, California Code of Regulations, §6601 – Employer failed to establish good cause for its late appeal, which was the result of internal operating problems. Digest of COSHAB’s Denial of Petition for Reconsideration dated May 29, 2026, Inspection No. 1864915. Ed Lowry, Chair. Judith S. …
49 COR 40-9082 [¶23,410R] JURISDICTION – GOOD CAUSE Title 8, California Code of Regulations, §6601 – Employer failed to establish good cause for its late appeal, which was the result of internal operating problems. Digest of COSHAB’s Denial of Petition for Reconsideration dated June 4, 2026, Inspection No. 1853969. Ed Lowry, Chair. Judith S. …
49 COR 40-9077 [¶23,406] INJURY AND ILLNESS PRevention PROGRAM – Title 8, California Code of Regulations, §1509(a) The proffered evidence showed the Division did not establish a failure to implement periodic inspections or an IIPP procedure for identifying and evaluating hazards. SECURE DECKING – Title 8, California Code of Regulations, §1710(l)(5)(A) The proffered evidence showed …
49 COR 40-9079 [¶23,407] WILLFUL CLASSIFICATION – Title 8, Cal. Code of Regulations, §334(e) The proffered evidence showed the Employer consciously and knowingly violated §§341(c)(1)(A) and 1630(a). AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES – The proffered evidence showed the Employer failed to establish that its violation of §1630(a) was excused by unusual site conditions or structural configurations, or by …
49 COR 40-9075 [¶23,405R] ORDER – INTERLOCUTORY Labor Code §6614 – Employer’s Petition was interlocutory in nature because the order from which it sought reconsideration, the granting of the Division’s Motion to Amend Citation, was not a final order. The Board denied Employer’s Petition. Digest of COSHAB’s Decision After Reconsideration dated May 21, 2026, Inspection …